Sunday, July 11, 2010

Care and Feeding of Missioners and the Blog!

Good morning from Santiago! This is Martha writing.

The 2010 Dominican Republic team has arrived on site! We had a very smooth trip from Dulles through San Juan, Puerto Rico to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. While in this current age of travel there is not much "feeding" done by the airlines, we were well taken care of! All bags arrived with us, customs and immigration were cleared with no problems and we were met on the sidewalk by a grinning Father Hipólito.

I know that part of Father Hipólito's smile came from seeing the familiar faces of Jim Papile, Art Light, Eleanor Ware and myself. The other part came from realizing that when I told him were were bringing "tall guys," I really meant it! He looked waaaay up into the faces of Brett Nelson, Ben Webster and Bob & Jack Van Hoecke and welcomed them to the Dominican Republic.

As I write this, we are assembling for a quick breakfast and then headed up to church at Cristo Salvador. By day's end we'll have more stories to tell and maybe a picture or two. For now, know that greetings will be offered on behalf of all the people of St. Anne's and we will think of you all as we worship here today.

So, we'll try to "feed" this blog more regularly as we progress through the week! Keep in touch!

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